Strict message respecting the implementation of the measures and avoiding unfair practices and shamefully sent, speaking to the MEGA television station, the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakos. The minister announced that treble maximum fines for breaches of price control measures; while he noted that he asked the Competition Commission to give priority to the controls of the multinationals and to what extent they price their products more expensively in our country.

Mr. Theodorikakos referred to the tripartite de-escalation of prices, which the government is following. First, in informing the consumer public. The informed consumer has very great power, as he also pointed out focused on the e-katanalotis platform where the citizen can see the prices and compare them on more than 3,000 products in all supermarkets. “We need to strengthen the consumer consciousness of all of us,” he pointed out.

According to him, the second point concerns the state, the controls for compliance with the measures, with an emphasis on the fact that supermarkets cannot sell with a profit greater than what they had on December 31, 2021, and the ban on offers to products that have been repriced. “Today the maximum fine goes from 2 million euros to 6 million euros. “No one should think that they can break the law,” the minister underlined. He also spoke about strengthening controls by adding new officers to DIMEA and overall reorganization of the control mechanism, both at the central level and in the regions.

The triptych, as Mr. Theodorikakos said, is completed with the cooperation of everyone, the state, citizens, consumer organizations, independent authorities, with healthy entrepreneurship.

Having nearly completed the cycle of contacts with market players that began when he took office, he expressed modest optimism that supermarket companies would respond positively. “I think this summer food inflation will substantially decelerate“, write down.

He made it clear, however, that precision is not dealt with by a law and an article. The market is not regulated by buttons, as he pointed out.

Referring to the government policy as a whole, the Minister of Development pointed out that households and businesses were supported with 50 billion euros for the pandemic, unemployment decreased, hundreds of thousands of new jobs were created, the minimum wage was raised three times and added that the country is moving forward with a stable index growth of more than 2%. “Our goal is for the average salary to be 1,500 euros at the end of the four years”, he underlined.

“The Ministry of Development contributes to a new productive model of the country, it implements policies to increase the disposable income of families, it is not the ministry of precision, it is a huge mission related to the future of the country and our children and we will do everything ,what is in our power to support the average Greek family”, concluded Mr. Theodorikakos.